Collapse Board’s Most Read Posts of 2015
If you were one of the 165,000 people from 190 countries who paid us a visit during 2015, thanks, we really appreciate it. We hope you found something you enjoyed reading and we hope to see you back in 2016. These were the all-important, ten most read articles of the year (for posts written during […]
Do not mess with the critic, deutschbags. The critic is always right
Here is the opening paragraph of what I wrote on Collapse Board, the night before we ran a review of Foo Fighters live at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. I do not believe a bad live review affects a band’s sales or reputation. Certainly not a band the size of Foo Fighters, able to play Brisbane’s Suncorp […]
Sometimes forgettable, always horrible… Foo Fighters live in Brisbane
By Milton Fiennes Foo Fighters Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Foo Fighters bum rush the stage to tumultuous applause from an awfully dressed, overweight crowd. They break into the first of many forgettable songs that only have 3 chords the entire time. There’s a 60-year-old guitarist nobody addresses. He looks like he’s won a competition to fuck […]
What I did tonight instead of seeing Foo Fighters play live
First, I do not believe a bad live review affects a band’s sales or reputation. Certainly not a band the size of Foo Fighters, able to play Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium (capacity 52, 500). If anything, a bad review helps shore up the fans – they can unite in their condemnation of the idiot fuckhead’s opinion, possibly […]
When nice people make horrible music | the collected Facebook Foo Fighters vitriol
This band certainly attracts a lot of opinions. I asked the question Why do you love/hate Foo Fighters? on Facebook. Many people responded. Here are some edited highlights. The Don Henley of grunge. Middle-aged men worshipping at the feet of Grohl while he bangs out Sugar rip-off riffs. That’s just piss weak FM radio dribble. The music […]
Foo Fighters unveil new song with ‘new’ lead singer – exclusive* footage
IT’S NOT FUCKING NIRVANA you deluge of fuckwits IT’S THE FUCKING FOO FIGHTERS
‘The Muppets are raping Kurt Cobain’s memory’
Rock stars, huh? Fucking muppets.
Part of Everett True’s interview with Kurt Cobain, April 24th, 1993
The only major arena rock concert I went to was Iron Maiden on the Fourth of July. People were shooting bottle rockets and throwing M-80s into the crowd all night
Pretzel Logic – 1-3 (Record Store Day Edition): Hormoaning (Nirvana)
Any major dude will tell you: we need a better, more objective way to write about Record Store Day.
